The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1887-05-11
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Mrs. Josiah Allen
DEAR SAMANTHA: / seat myself
tew write you letter tew let you
know how we all be gettin long
up here at Russellyille.. I've bin
waitin tew see il some body would
MT tell you in the DEMOCRAT as tcw
what big time we had at that big
picknicking fishing fry that we went
on the boo, but niver word do
see about it, | guess they have left
it tew the old wimln tew talk about
when they git tew gether over their
knittin an -snuf box, we'll the old
wimin dew thar part by a, SEE she
and SEE he and SEE | and she, she,
till you can't hear your own years
but it is harmless, spose caz every
body talks and nobody listens, then
enouf goes in the newz paper tew,
tho they did forgit the fry, but meb
by the DEMOCRAT man wouldn't put
1T IN coz he didn't get tew 60 Well
I've been gittin off the subject, so
now, Samantha, we had a glorious
time leisureariting, | haint seed so
so much water nor so much fun and
ish, let me tell you, but for the
life of you don't you tell envy body,
Davy lie was the only one that ketch-
ed fish eaten size, and eff be hadn't
a been soften long side o that pur-
ty gal O hls'n he wouldn't have
ketched that, but you see how it waz
Samantha, the fish he come swim
in long and seed them settei thar
and the light O her ize kinder blind
ed him and he run aginst Davy's
hulk and got ketched. | know Dayy
wished he hadn't got him coz he
had him all tew cuk his self cept'n
what Miss Humfries helped by a
telin of him how Looks like that
gal might put ON big apern and
tuck holt Oh that fish, but she didn't
she only looked at Davy, sly like.
Well! l know you want tew hear
about the bote ridin, most every
body went a bote ridin, some was
skeered and some they wasn't; jeff
he was one OF the skeert ones, feered
he'd git drownded and not finish up
maxim money of that Rale State biz
ness. Bob he thought he'd have
some fun but didn't sorter know how,
so he gifts lot Of EN- in bote and
ssputs out to see,' as the saler SEE,
then he tried to make EN- holler by
a shakln of the bote. but they jist
LATED at him, they bleved if they
was goin tew be killed by rale
rode q runnin off the track Bob
couldn't drown EN- in a skiff, but
some of EN- waz feared they'd git
thar good clothes solled.
| Yes, Samantha, I'll not forgit tew
tell you how Dock Hill went warm
OF his long coat, and Rowan, (you
know that Vlrginny chap he had on
his white tye, you'd thot tew seed
him he was young DIVINE right
from college. Then thar waz that
rale road man, he's got solem look
on him tew, ceptin when he's a set
ten a long side that little gal whar
got her larnin in skule some whar
out IN Virginny, pears to me Saman
tina, them folks VIA. come from Vir-
giny think any thing can't be done
as good any whar as in Virginy, but
don't you tell EN- l sed so.
| Well thar wuz the delivery stable
man, he wuz agoin round smilin
all day, but he couldn't helped 1t
1 fur the life NV him, Samantha, coz
he amt only got one new buggy but
hui hepe NV EN- and thar they stood
all in row right fore his eye and
it would have made any man laf tew
seed him.
! Obi | guess I'll have tew stop
bout the picknick fur you'll be a
sayin ! never wuz tew one fore, no
Samantha, I've bin to heap on EN-,
but could you a seed some of the
crowd you'd sure tew SADIE they new
er was at one fore. thar was Muir
ray, he haint bin a Twin in town
long and he looked like he didn't
jist know how tew dew, so he looked
like he'd better hold off and not be.
| gin till he found out. So after a
eaten of his dinner he ist sot out
and what a time he did have, come
tew find out he was hungry and
couldn't laf.
Wonder what Jim found in a
standin by that rock holdin pole
with string tide on to it swim
min in the water so long till his wife
was callen of bIm q lonesome
6shy man" or sumpin or luther.
Oh, its so hard fur me to stop Sa-
mantha, Id Just like to go on and tell
you all about our big dinner, some
folks SADIE they never seed so much
tew eat, and some lowd it waz a big
waste.
Now Samantha, you jist come up
and I'll tell you all about it when |
can talk tew you.
Yours till never,
MARIA.
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